Police officers will be visiting schools in the area next week as part of a national knife crime initiative aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of carrying a knife.
Operation Sceptre begins on Monday, November 11, and is a national policing operation.
People will have the opportunity to dispose of knives anonymously and safely in amnesty bins at local police stations.
In Cumbria, the focus of the week will be on educating young people, as well as supporting the national focus around robberies involving knives (knife-enabled robbery), which will see officers locally conducting intelligence-led patrols.
Officers from the constabulary’s Child Centred Policing Team will be visiting schools and colleges to speak about the potential consequences facing anyone who possesses a knife on the street.
The Manchester Bee Monument anti-violence statue is also currently in Barrow and will be for the next fortnight following a joint initiative to bring it to the county involving Drop Zone Youth Projects, Westmorland and Furness Council and Cumbria police.
